03/06/2024
We have some exciting news! To help us out since we have been so busy Dr. Lavallee has agreed to join our team...again! Those who recall the amazing Dr. Olson will be excited to see her return as Dr. Lavallee. Since leaving us she has gotten married and had children but kept her passion for cats and Alamo Feline. Here is her bio for those who haven't had the pleasure and a refresher for those who have. She will be starting in April on a part time basis so get your appointment scheduled now!
Introducing Dr. Jen Lavallee
If you were a client during 2012-2014, you may recognize the face, as Dr. Lavallee was an associate doctor at Alamo Feline Health Center. At the time, she worked as Dr. Olson – her maiden name. She might have stayed on forever, but an opportunity to work with her father, who is also a feline veterinarian, arose, and she couldn’t pass it up. So, she went to Colorado, bought her father’s practice, and worked with her father as her employee! During this time, she also got married and had 2 awesome kids. But she and her husband felt San Antonio was home, so they made the decision to head south to Texas. She has taken a little time to be a stay-at-home mom with her kids, and this has honed her patience, flexibility, and sense of humor. 😊 Dr. Lavallee is thrilled to be back with the stellar team at Alamo Feline. She feels this is a special practice and somewhere that has both state of the art and state of the heart medicine.
She is a fourth-generation veterinarian, following in the footsteps of her father, grandfather, grandmother, and great-grandfather. Dr. Lavallee earned her BS in Microbiology from University of California, Davis in 2005, and her DVM degree from Cornell University in 2009. After graduation, she completed a small animal internship, worked on dogs & cats in general practice and emergency, and then settled into feline medicine/surgery for 9 years. She has completed advanced courses in feline ultrasound, laser surgery, nuclear medicine/radiation safety, and feline dentistry. Dr. Lavallee has written veterinary publications, edited chapters in the previous edition of Dr. Norsworthy’s Feline Patient textbook and been a speaker at national conferences. She loves learning and teaching and believes in practicing common sense medicine.
Dr. Lavallee enjoys hiking, about anything “sporty” and ice cream. While she appreciates that every cat is like a snowflake, special in their own way, she is always drawn to black cats thanks to her heart kitty, Samson, a black cat from the shelter that she had for over 15 years. He lived for 3.5 years after a lymphoma diagnosis thanks to protocols from Alamo Feline!
